Single top production associated with a neutral scalar at LHC in topcolor-assisted technicolor

The topcolor-assisted technicolor (TC2) model predicts a number of neutral scalars like the top-pion (π⁰_t) and the top-Higgs (h⁰_t). These scalars have flavor-changing neutral-current (FCNC) top quark couplings, among which the top-charm transition couplings may be sizable. Such FCNC couplings induce single top productions associated with a neutral scalar at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) through the parton processes cg→t π⁰_t and cg→t h⁰_t. In this paper we examine these productions and find their production rates can exceed the 3σ sensitivity of the LHC in a large part of parameter space. Since in the Standard Model and the minimal supersymmetric model such rare productions have unobservably small production rates at the LHC, these rare processes will serve as a good probe for the TC2 model.     

Single top production associated with a neutral scalar at LHC in topcolor-assisted technicolor

The topcolor-assisted technicolor(TC2)model predicts a number of neutral SCalars like the top-pion (π0t)and the top-Higgs(h0t).These scalar8 have flavor-changing neutral-current(FCNC)top quark couphngs,among which the top-charm transition couplings may be sizable.Such FCNC couplings induce single top productions associated with a neutral scalar at the CERN Large Hadron Collider(LHC)through the parton processes cg→tπ0t and cg→th0t.In this paper we examine these productions and find their production rates can exceed the 3σ sensitivity of the LHC in a large part of parameter space.Since in the Standard Model and the minimal supersymmetric model such rare productions have unobservably small production rates at the LHC.these rare processes will serve as a good probe for the TC2 model.     

Production of a neutral scalar associated with a photon at the LHC in the topcolorassisted technicolor model

In the context of the topcolor-assisted technicolor (TC2) model, we consider the production of the neutral scalar S(π_t⁰ or h_t⁰) associated with a photon at the LHC and compare our results with those given by the minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model (MSSM). We find that its production cross section is larger or smaller than that of the scalar particle predicted by the MSSM model, depending on the values of the relevant free parameters.     

TC corrections to tt̄ production at photon colliders in topcolor-assisted multiscale technicolor model

TC(technicolor) corrections to tt? production in high-energy photon-photon collision are calculated in the topcolor-assisted multiscale technicolor(TOPCMTC) model. We find that the contribution of the technipions to the production cross section of the process γγ → tt? is very small. The relative corrections to the production cross section mainly come from the top-pions, which may be observable at future e ⁺ e ^-. linear collider.     

Production of neutral Higgs-boson pairs at LHC

The reconstruction of the Higgs potential in the Standard Model or supersymmetric theories demands the measurement of the trilinear Higgs couplings. These couplings affect the multiple production of Higgs bosons at high energy colliders. We present a systematic overview of the cross sections for the production of pairs of (light) neutral Higgs bosons at the LHC. The analysis is carried out for the Standard Model and its minimal supersymmetric extension. Received: 30 March 1999 / Published online: 28 May 1999     

Production and two-photon decay of the MSSM scalar Higgs bosons at the LHC

We consider the production and two-photon decay of theCP-even Higgs bosons (h ⁰ andH ⁰) of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) at the Large Hadron Collider. We study in detail the dependence of the cross section on various parameters of the MSSM, especially the dependence on the mixing effects in the squark sector due to the Higgs bilinear parameterμ and the soft supersymmetry breaking parameterA. We find that the cross section for the production of these Higgs bosons has a significant dependence on the parameters which determine the chiral mixing in the squark sector. The cross section times the two-photon branching ratio ofh ⁰ is of the order of 15–25 fb in much of the parameter space that remains after imposing the present experimental constraints. For theH ⁰ the two-photon branching ratio is only significant if theH ⁰ is light, but then the cross section times the branching ratio may exceed 200 fb. The QCD corrections due to quark loop contributions are known to increase the cross section by 50%. We find the dependence of the cross section on the gluon distribution function used to be rather insignificant.     

Corrections to the Zτ +τ− vertex in topcolor-assisted technicolor theory

We calculate the corrections to the Zτ⁺τ^? vertex in the one-family topcolor-assisted technicolor models without exact custodial symmetry contributed from the exchange of extended technicolor (ETC) sideways and diagonal gauge bosons and the topcolor gauge boson Z′. The precise measurements of the τ asymmetry parameter Aτ give strong constraint on the free parameters in the topcolor-assisted technicolor models.     

Production of neutral pseudo-Goldstone bosons at LEP II and NLC in multiscale walking technicolor models

Walking technicolor (WTC) models predict the existence of heavy neutral pseudo-Goldstone bosons (PGBs), whose masses are typically expected to be larger than 100 GeV. In this paper, we investigate the production and decay of these particles at the high energy e⁺e⁻ experiments, LEP II and NLC.We find that, in WTC models, the production of neutral PGBs can be significantly enhanced, by one or two orders of magnitude, with respect to the predictions of traditional (QCD-like) TC models. The origin of such an enhancement is the existence of several low energy TC scales, that are likely to appear in WTC theories. This could allow the PGBs to be observed even at the energy and luminosity of the LEP II experiment. At LEP II, the PGBs are expected to be produced in the e⁺e⁻ → Pγ channel, and, possibly, in the e⁺e⁻ → Pe⁺e⁻ channel, with a total rate that can be of the order of several tenths per year. Due to the typical large values of PGB masses, the relative branching ratios of PGB decays, in WTC theories, are different from those predicted in traditional TC models. In particular, a large fraction of these decays can occur in the P → γγ channel. In considering the PGB production, at LEP II, we find that, in most of the final states, the distinctive signatures of WTC events should allow the Standard Model background to be reduced to a negligible level. We also find that, at a 500 GeV NLC experiment, the production of neutral PGBs can occur in several channels, and can be of the order of 10³ events per year. Instead, when we consider traditional TC models, we find that no PGB are typically predicted to be observed, both at LEP II and the NLC experiment.     

The rare K decays and Z^0 penguin contributions in the topcolor-assisted technicolor models

We calculate the new contributions to the rare decays K, and from new Z penguin and box diagrams induced by the unit-charged scalars appearing in the topcolor-assisted technicolor (TC2) models. We find that: (a) the unit-charged top-pion and b-pion can provide large contributions to the rare K decays if they are relatively light; (b) the size of the mixing elements () is strongly constrained by the data of B meson mixing: for and GeV; (c) the enhancements to the branching ratios of rare K decays from new scalars can be as large as one order of magnitude; (d) there is a strong cancellation between the short- and the long-distance dispersive part of the decay , the constraint on the new short-distance part from this decay mode is thus not strong; (e) the typical TC2 model under study is generally consistent with the available rare K-decay data. Received: 24 November 1998 / Revised version: 16 February 1999 / Published online: 15 July 1999     

ScannerS: constraining the phase diagram of a complex scalar singlet at the LHC

We present the first version of a new tool to scan the parameter space of generic scalar potentials, ScannerS (Coimbra et al., ScannerS project., 2013). The main goal of ScannerS is to help distinguish between different patterns of symmetry breaking for each scalar potential. In this work we use it to investigate the possibility of excluding regions of the phase diagram of several versions of a complex singlet extension of the Standard Model, with future LHC results. We find that if another scalar is found, one can exclude a phase with a dark matter candidate in definite regions of the parameter space, while predicting whether a third scalar to be found must be lighter or heavier. The first version of the code is publicly available and contains various generic core routines for tree level vacuum stability analysis, as well as implementations of collider bounds, dark matter constraints, electroweak precision constraints and tree level unitarity.     

Search for a lighter neutral custodial fiveplet scalar in the Georgi-Machacek model

Many researches from both theoretical and experimental perspectives have been performed to search for a new Higgs Boson that is lighter than the 125 \begin{document}$ {\rm GeV} $\end{document} Higgs boson, which was discovered at the LHC in 2012. In this study, we explore the possibility of constraining a lighter neutral custodial fiveplet scalar \begin{document}$ H_{5}^{0} $\end{document} in the Georgi-Machacek (GM) model using the latest results of the search for a lighter Higgs boson decaying into two photons from LHC data. The custodial-singlet mass eigenstate h or H is considered to be the LHC observed 125 \begin{document}$ {\rm GeV} $\end{document} Higgs boson. A new set of constrained parameters that is favoured by low-mass \begin{document}$ H_{5}^{0} $\end{document} is proposed to generate events efficiently. The production of \begin{document}$ H_{5}^{0} $\end{document} from a scan based on the constrained parameters is compared to the latest results of the search for a lighter Higgs boson decaying into two photons by the CMS Collaboration after applying theoretical constraints from the GM model and constraints from all existing relevant experimental measurements, including the recent results of the Higgs boson searches by the LHC. Numerical analyses of the surviving GM parameter space are performed. The tendencies and correlations of the GM input parameters from phenomenological studies are summarized. In addition, the discovery potential of the other interesting decay channels of this low-mass neutral custodial fiveplet scalar are discussed.     

High pt and photon physics with ALICE at LHC

ALICE,A Large Ion Collider Experiment,is dedicated to study the QCD matter at extreme high temperature and density to understand the Quark Gluon Plasma （QGP） and phase transition.High-transversemomentum photons and neutral mesons from the initial hard scattering of partons can be measured with ALICE calorimeters,PHOS （PHOton Spectrometer） and EMCAL （ElectroMagnetic CALorimeter）.Combing the additional central tracking detectors,the γ-jet and π 0-jet measurements thus can be accessed.These measurements offer us a sensitive tomography probe of the hot-dense medium generated in the heavy ion collisions.In this paper,high p T and photon physics is discussed and the ALICE calorimeters capabilities of high-transverse-momentum neutral mesons and γ-jet measurements are presented.     

Heavy neutral gauge bosons at the LHC in an extended MSSM

Searching for heavy neutral gauge bosons Z^′$Z^{\prime }$, predicted in extensions of the Standard Model based on a U(1)^′$\mathrm{U}{(1)}^{\prime }$ gauge symmetry, is one of the challenging objectives of the experiments carried out at the Large Hadron Collider. In this paper, we study Z^′$Z^{\prime }$ phenomenology at hadron colliders according to several U(1)^′$\mathrm{U}{(1)}^{\prime }$-based models and in the Sequential Standard Model. In particular, possible Z^′$Z^{\prime }$ decays into supersymmetric particles are included, in addition to the Standard Model modes so far investigated. We point out the impact of the U(1)^′$\mathrm{U}{(1)}^{\prime }$ group on the MSSM spectrum and, for a better understanding, we consider a few benchmarks points in the parameter space. We account for the D-term contribution, due to the breaking of U(1)^′$\mathrm{U}{(1)}^{\prime }$, to slepton and squark masses and investigate its effect on Z^′$Z^{\prime }$ decays into sfermions. Results on branching ratios and cross sections are presented, as a function of the MSSM and U(1)^′$\mathrm{U}{(1)}^{\prime }$ parameters, which are varied within suitable ranges. We pay special attention to final states with leptons and missing energy and make predictions on the number of events with sparticle production in Z^′$Z^{\prime }$ decays, for a few values of integrated luminosity and centre-of-mass energy of the LHC.     

Threshold resummation for the production of a color sextet (antitriplet) scalar at the LHC

This paper is devoted to the study of warm inflation using vector fields in the background of a locally rotationally symmetric Bianchi type I model of the universe. We formulate the field equations, and slow-roll and perturbation parameters (scalar and tensor power spectra as well as their spectral indices) in the slow-roll approximation. We evaluate all these parameters in terms of the directional Hubble parameter during the intermediate and logamediate inflationary regimes by taking the dissipation factor as a function of the scalar field as well as a constant. In each case, we calculate the observational parameter of interest, i.e., the tensor–scalar ratio in terms of the inflaton. The graphical behavior of these parameters shows that the anisotropic model is also compatible with WMAP7 and the Planck observational data.